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01/15/97 25 Kathleen Hurly’s (4) family reports her missing. Around this time, cops begin to suspect that the missing woman may have fallen prey to a serial killer. A cop, named Siegrist, begins to look for a pattern. Within one hour after the police meet with Francois, Mary Healey Graccone (5) is 02/97 25 killed. Francois picks her up and kills her the same way as the others, and places her dead body in the attic of the house. Catherine Marsh is reported missing by her mother. She had not talked to her mother 03/07/97 25 since November 11, 1996. Marsh was pregnant at the time of her death. The police question some prostitutes who say that Francois liked to choke some of them. 09/97 26 Michelle Eason, an African-American prostitute disappears. 10/9/97 26 Michelle Eason is reported missing. The police also receive a complaint of Francois’ illegally parked vehicle. 10/28- 10/30/97 26 Francois’ vehicle is repeatedly ticketed for illegal parking. 10/30/97 26 Francois’ vehicle is impounded. 10/31/97 26 Francois picks up the car, abandons the car and license plates, and purchases a latemodel Toyota Camry. 11/13/97 26 Mary Giaccone is reported missing. 12/14/97 26 The first story is reported on the number of missing women in the area in the Poughkeepsie Journal. Police officer Siegrist follows Francois as he drives his mother to work. After 01/18/98 26 Francois drops his mother off, the officer stops him and asks him to come to the station for questioning. Francois is questioned, but admits to nothing. He also takes and passes a lie detector test. 01/23/98 26 Picks up and tries to kill prostitute Lora Gallagher, but she is able to free herself and convince Francois to drive her back to Main Street. 02/26/98 26 Lora Gallagher files assault charges. 05/18/98 26 Pleads guilty to assault charges and sentenced to 15 days in jail; only serves 7 days. 06/12/98 26 Picks up and kills prostitute Sandra Jean French (6). Afterwards, he dumps the body in the attic of his house. 06/13/98 26 Moves French’s body to crawl space of house. 06/15/98 26 The police find French’s abandoned vehicle in Arlington. At the same time, her mother reports her to be missing. 08/12/98 27 Picks up and kills prostitute Audrey Pugliese (7) and dumps her body in the crawl space of the house. 08/25/98 27 Picks up and kills prostitute Catina Newmaster (8) in car and leaves the body in the garage at his home. 08/26/98 27 Moves Newmaster’s body to crawl space of house. Picks up prostitute Diane Franco and attempts to strangle her. She convinces him to 09/02/98 27 drive her back to Main Street, where she reports the incident to the gas station attendant. Francois is brought in for questioning and confesses to murdering missing women. He is charged with 2 nd degree murder. 09/02/98- 09/05/98 27 The bodies removed from the Francois residence. For further investigation, the police keep the bodies of the victims for two weeks. 09/04/98 27 Indicted in Dutchess County Court for the murder of Catina Newmaster 09/09/98 27 Enters “not guilty” plea. 10/13/98 27 Formally charged with 8 counts of 1 st degree murder, 8 counts of 2 nd degree murder, and one count of attempted assault. 12/23/98 27 Enters “guilty” plea for 1 st degree murder to avoid death penalty. 03/31/00 28 Appeal heard at New York State Court of Appeals. 05/19/00 28 New York State Court of Appeals rejects the appeal. 06/22/00 28 It is announced that Francois is HIV positive. 08/07/00 29 Francois confesses to all eight murders in a plea bargain that allows him to avoid the death penalty. He is sentenced to life in prison without parole.
8/10/00 29 Becomes Prisoner #A4160 at Attica Prison in New York. 2003 32 Earns $30 a week as a welder in prison General Information Sex Male Race African American Number of victims Eight Country where killing occurred United States States where killing occurred New York Childhood Information Date of birth July 26, 1971 Location Poughkeepsie, New York Birth order 2nd of 4 Children (Raquel, Kendall, Aubrey, Kirsten) Number of siblings None XYY? No extra Y chromosome detected Raised by Both parents Birth category Second oldest Parent’s marital status Married Family event None present in history Age of family event Not applicable Problems in school? Constantly being teased in school due to being overweight. He was 6’4” and 250 lbs. at age 14 Teased while in school? Teased due to being overweight Physically attractive? No Physical defect? Overweight, body odor problems Speech defect? None Head injury? None according to medical records Physically abused? No physical abuse reported Psychologically abused? No psychological abuse reported Sexually abused? No sexual abuse reported Father’s occupation Factory Worker, died during son’s trial Age of first sexual experience No record Age when first had intercourse No record Mother’s occupation Registered nurse at Hudson River Psychiatric Hospital, Career Counselor for youths Father abused drugs/alcohol No abuse detected Mother abused drugs/alcohol Cognitive Ability No abuse detected Highest grade in school Graduated high school Highest degree High School Diploma Grades in school Average IQ Work History No record of IQ, considered to be of “barely average” intelligence Served in the military? Yes Branch Army Type of discharge Unknown Saw combat duty No Killed enemy during service? No Applied for job as a cop? No Worked in law enforcement? No Fired from jobs? Yes, Anderson School Types of jobs worked Custodian, Hall Monitor
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